Favorite for the energy portfolio: she comes from the Republic of Moldova, is supported by the PSD and was compensated by the state with 680,000 euros when she was fired
The name of Corina Popescu is little known to the general public in Romania, but she held multiple leadership positions in the energy sector. Popescu has great chances to occupy the position of minister of one of the most economic areas in the “Tomac government”.
- Popescu, 58, was secretary of state in the Cioloș Government.
- What did he do after, in the state and in the private sector.
- Energy business with a former SIE general.
The restructuring of state companies was one of the major divergences of the former PSD, PNL, USR, UDMR coalition. Not the term “restructuring” itself, where everyone agreed, but its application.
The negotiations that have begun between the parties now take into account the previous loss of cohesion. The parties are trying solutions that would keep state companies under political control, but not so visibly, a source familiar with some of the negotiations explained to HotNews.
The most profitable state companies are in energy. The stakes here are huge. The informal discussions between the parties are carried out with the lists of state companies on the table and the composition of the boards of directors, being divided functions, claims another man, from the field of energy.
From 2025, Corina Popescu is the president of the board of the national energy company in Chisinau
The person who has the best chance of becoming the Minister of Energy is called Corina Popescu. Appointed in 2025 as the president of the Board of Directors of Moldelectrica, the energy system operator in the Republic of Moldova, Popescu is not in the first important position, even if she is little known beyond professional circles.
In Romania, he was a director at Transelectrica (2017-2018) and then at Electrica (2019-2022).
Corina Popescu was General Manager of Electrica from February 2019 until the spring of 2022. Since she was dismissed without reason a year before the end of her mandate, she received a compensation of 680,000 euros.
In the CA of Moldelectriva, Corina Popescu was accompanied by Bogdan Toncescu, who was also in the management of Transelectrica.
A vice president at a firm based in Boston
The favorite for the position of Minister of Energy in the Tomac government, Popescu also holds the position of vice president of strategy and development of the Enevo group, an engineering company based in Boston, Massachusetts.
In 2023, after leaving the public system, Corina Popescu worked in the private sector. Her return as secretary of state, according to sources in the energy field, is related to PSD support.
Shareholder in Swift Spot SRL, then left
Popescu did business with energy, together with Silviu-Bogdan Nicolae, SIE reserve major general, Dan-Cătălin Stancu – former general manager of Electrica SA and Fratelli shareholder Nicolae Mergeani, according to the economic site Profit. They established the supply company Swift Spot SRL.
Swift Spot SRL is fully owned by Swift Energy SRL, a consulting firm. According to data from Termene.ro, in 2025, Corina Popescu left the shareholding.
